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With the launch of the much awaited Honor 8 on October 12 in India, the battle among the top flagship smartphones has become even more exciting. While the market has got a new competitor to watch out for, here we open the debate to all by comparing top flagship phones from the current market leaders. Read on to know who takes the cake...
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Below table shows the comparison of various technical specifications and pricing for these flagship phones.
Based on the above table, we can clearly see the flagship phones from the top manufacturers around the world. They all boast of high-end specifications and are capable of doing much more than a smartphone is supposed to do. With the launch of Honor 8, the competition just got tougher and Honor 8 is really giving a neck to neck fight to all top guns here with almost half the price than that of iPhone 7 and 60% than that of Samsung S7. The only competitor we have in the price segment is one Plus 3 but Honor 8 definitely outshines OP3 with some quality specs and also from an end user's real life experience. It has a slim profile that redefines design. Icing on the cake is you get expandable storage and dual cameras.
Honor 8 definitely has some additional factors over the other competitors here which makes it a clear winner:
Dual camera with RGB and Monochrome sensors to give more light than iPhone 7 in low light condition
Advance Fingerprint supports NFC and Mobile payment along with additional features like taking photos, answering calls, stop alarms, shows recent app, access notification panel, scrolling through the photos in gallery, opening app etc.
Expandable memory with SD card up to 128 GB
The built-in dual ISP improves focus, speed, and process time while clicking pictures.
Wide aperture mode to redefine the focus even after photo is taken.
The Eye-Care Mode makes looking at your phone more comfortable and safe by filtering part of the blue light to reduce eye strain.
Smart Battery saving modes
A-GPS+GLONASS *
*this feature is present in all of the above listed flagship phone
Design- Honor 8 is stylish, sleek and it looks premium. It uses 2.5D glass in front and back making the device shiny. The Sapphire blue color that honor has launched is just stunning and breaks away from the regular greys and silver colors that most of the smartphones offer.
Battery- There is no match to the battery life of Honor 8 with any other smartphone in the market even with a 4000 mAh battery. Honor 8 is able to stretch the screen on time (SOT) up to 7+ hours easily (few users were even able to touch 8 hours SOT) and that’s the biggest advantage here over any other phone.
Display- With 5.2 inch FHD IPS LCD display and 96% NTSC, every pixel reproduced on Honor 8 looks stunning making it overall a great screen to view the content. With 423 PPI, everything displayed on the screen looks so natural and real. All the images, videos and other content looks so real and vibrant that you can't take your eyes off the display.
Camera-The Honor 8 undoubtedly has the best camera even beating the likes of iPhone easily in its color reproduction and the details in the image. The Honor 8 is the only phone apart from Huawei P9 and the iPhone 7 Plus that offers a dual-camera setup in India and Honor 8 easily beats the camera quality of iPhone, even in low light condition.
Hardware- OP3 comes with tested Qualcomm’s SD820, iPhone with in house A9 chip, S7 with Exynos 8890 and are capable of lag free multitasking, Honor 8 is matches up to their standard being powered by hi-Silicon Kirin 950 processor-- built on 16 nm technology; i5 co-processor coupled with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM is capable enough to do multitasking smoothly. Rapid smart file processing system ensures lag free user experience. This phone wont slow down with time unlike other Android devices.
UI/OS- OnePlus 3 offers a near stock Android experience with OxygenOS, Samsung comes with TouchWiz UI over android, iPhone7 offers iOS whereas the Honor 8 comes with a very intuitive Emotion UI 4.1 over Android Marshmallow. EMUI is feature-rich and provides lot of other options over other UIs and have built in phone manager, harassment filters, traffic manager and various innovative messaging features that really outsmart other UI and their features.
[Verdict] Who Takes The Cake-
Based on various specifications related to hardware, software, battery, design, look and feel, performance, camera and reliability and keeping in mind the price for the large number of users in Indian market, the Honor 8 is an excellent high-end flagship smartphone. For the power users who do not wish to compromise on the performance, look and other aspects of the phone this device is premium yet priced reasonably. Battery life is good, the dual camera produces superior professional quality shots, the fingerprint scanner is excellent and works almost every time and with 32GB of storage and a microSD card slot, there’s plenty of space for apps, photos and music. I give a thumbs up to Honor 8 among the top four flagship phones.
Link to my original post on Honor Community
shashank1320 said:
Design- Honor 8 is stylish, sleek and it looks premium. It uses 2.5D glass in front and back making the device shiny. The Sapphire blue color that honor has launched is just stunning and breaks away from the regular greys and silver colors that most of the smartphones offer.
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Lookwise its great. But its designed to be slippery - The major Con.
The glass is the fingerprint magnet.
shashank1320 said:
UI/OS- OnePlus 3 offers a near stock Android experience with OxygenOS, Samsung comes with TouchWiz UI over android, iPhone7 offers iOS whereas the Honor 8 comes with a very intuitive Emotion UI 4.1 over Android Marshmallow. EMUI is feature-rich and provides lot of other options over other UIs and have built in phone manager, harassment filters, traffic manager and various innovative messaging features that really outsmart other UI and their features.
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But RAM Management is not good.
Some other Cons for Honor 8 are:
1. Many regions are not having Dual - SIM variant.
2. No FM Radio
3. EMUI Takes more time to release OS updates.
I too have the phone and I like it. But can you please stop with the unnecessary paid promotion now?? Have they really hired you to do all this? Comparison is fine but putting too much effort in your biased comparisons and declaring Honor 8 as the best phone ever is really spoiling the name.
Droiderr said:
I too have the phone and I like it. But can you please stop with the unnecessary paid promotion now?? Have they really hired you to do all this? Comparison is fine but putting too much effort in your biased comparisons and declaring Honor 8 as the best phone ever is really spoiling the name.
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That is just comparison and based on my personal review but may differ user by user.
I am not paid or hired for this. I am just a fan on honor community and write such articles and not get paid at all.
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vsriram92 said:
Lookwise its great. But its designed to be slippery - The major Con.
The glass is the fingerprint magnet.
But RAM Management is not good.
Some other Cons for Honor 8 are:
1. Many regions are not having Dual - SIM variant.
2. No FM Radio
3. EMUI Takes more time to release OS updates.
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Regarding slippery and fingerprint- its there with most of the phone with such design however i didnt not feel during my review.
Dual sim- agree
Fm radio- not a shows stopper here
Ram management- i had more than 2.5GB free with all apps open.
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shashank1320 said:
That is just comparison and based on my personal review but may differ user by user.
I am not paid or hired for this. I am just a fan on honor community and write such articles and not get paid at all.
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The way you keep posting about honor 8 doesn't really abide to what you are saying. I have been seeing your posts on the honor community too. Stop with the false advertising Man!! It only tarnishes the image of the company.
Its good to like something and be a fan but what does a post like this indicate: "Honor 8 Arrives In India With A BIG Bang!!!"
Its done by either a blogger on his own site or is posted as a paid content on the official site.
While everyone was cursing huawei for the pricing of the phone in india you were one of the few singing praises in spite of the ridiculous and unjustified price.
shashank1320 said:
Ram management- i had more than 2.5GB free with all apps open.
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That's Because its closing most of the idle apps. i.e every 4th or 5th app gets closed it seems. Personally I don't like this type of RAM Management by closing our very recent apps.
Droiderr said:
While everyone was cursing huawei for the pricing of the phone in INDIA you were one of the few singing praises in spite of the ridiculous and unjustified price.
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I'm too one of the user dissatisfied by its high price. Especially the Honor 8 smart which has same specs as 5C is priced double.
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That's Because its closing most of the idle apps. i.e every 4th or 5th app gets closed it seems. Personally I don't like this type of RAM Management by closing our very recent apps.
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well. I kinda like that kind of management. For me my phone is a device to stay connected and I don't use it as a PC. Things like facebook etc. Keep lingering and eat up battery. Better to do away with all this
BTW can u talke a look at this??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/how-to/power-plan-scheduler-t3482030
Droiderr said:
While everyone was cursing huawei for the pricing of the phone in india you were one of the few singing praises in spite of the ridiculous and unjustified price.
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I too understand that this is priced on higher side but once that is release you can not do anything other than just blaming and even if we do nothing will change.
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shashank1320 said:
I too understand that this is priced on higher side but once that is release you can not do anything other than just blaming and even if we do nothing will change.
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that's correct. But praising them woo is not going to do anything. And niether will fake reviews when you don't even own the phone. Please tell me how did u come up with the comparison when you are using a 5x continuously? Did they gift you a H8 for the reviews?
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that's correct. But praising them woo is not going to do anything. And niether will fake reviews when you don't even own the phone. Please tell me how did u come up with the comparison when you are using a 5x continuously? Did they gift you a H8 for the reviews?
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Well, 5x is in my signature but have other honor phones as well.
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Droiderr said:
that's correct. But praising them woo is not going to do anything. And neither will fake reviews when you don't even own the phone. Please tell me how did u come up with the comparison when you are using a 5x continuously? Did they gift you a H8 for the reviews?
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He is posting his personal review. We can convey the negatives in Honor 8 as a discussion post which will be helpful for the people.
Its everyone personal preferences that decides whether they needs the mobile or not. let us have healthy discussions saying the Pro's and Con's without targeting a specific person.
shashank1320 said:
I too understand that this is priced on higher side but once that is release you can not do anything other than just blaming and even if we do nothing will change.
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He is posting his personal review. We can convey the negatives in Honor 8 as a discussion post which will be helpful for the people.
Its everyone personal preferences that decides whether they needs the mobile or not. let us have healthy discussions saying the Pro's and Con's without targeting a specific person.
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you really need to check his posts here and elsewhere. Definitely not personal but hugely biased. IMO these kind of posts only misguide people.
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you really need to check his posts here and elsewhere. Definitely not personal but hugely biased. IMO these kind of posts only misguide people.
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Let it be. People will also see the reply posts for the thread right ? Let us point out the problems in it.
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you really need to check his posts here and elsewhere. Definitely not personal but hugely biased. IMO these kind of posts only misguide people.
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Check the reviews on android central for honor 8. Users are comparing the iphone, note 5 with honor 8 and said its even better. This thread was my personal review and not biased or paid. I am not professional blogger or writer.
And users are welcome to post negative review or comment or other thought but let's not fight here or turn this conversation into argument. PLEASE.
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It's a good phone look wise as well as specs wise. Wish they had kept the cost at 25K to gain momentum. I own Mate 8 and built quality should be good enough on Honor 8 also.
Shashank, don't get disheartened.
Droiderr said:
that's correct. But praising them woo is not going to do anything. And niether will fake reviews when you don't even own the phone. Please tell me how did u come up with the comparison when you are using a 5x continuously? Did they gift you a H8 for the reviews?
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Why are you being so toxic?
This is literally a thread about phone comparison
Whether we can't prove if it's bias or not, he may personally just like this phone much better than others.
These phones are not from the same price range?...
danthepan124 said:
Why are you being so toxic?
This is literally a thread about phone comparison
Whether we can't prove if it's bias or not, he may personally just like this phone much better than others.
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I can understand if one really gives his/her personal opinions. But let me first tell you why I am pissed (even though I bought the phone). Huawei royallu screwed up the the indian version of H8. No dual sim and highest price as compared to any other market. I can live with that as I don't have any other option. But you still see some hired people praising it with all their might and justifying the price with no reason to back it up. I would never have bought it over OP3 if I didin't get a flat 10% discount.
Moreover, do you think he has all the 3 phones to keep next to each other and compare? Or is it just a specs comparison? IS there even a single photo that looks like it has been taken by this guy to support the comparison? The answer is no.
Check this thread that he has been posting all over and show me even a single similar thread on XDA. And, I am not talking about news items here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/how-to/honor-8-arrives-india-bang-t3480476
https://club.hihonor.com/in/eyestoworld.275/honor-8-arrives-in-india-with-a-big-bang.10041
bluheart said:
It's a good phone look wise as well as specs wise. Wish they had kept the cost at 25K to gain momentum. I own Mate 8 and built quality should be good enough on Honor 8 also.
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If its 25K and has Dual SIM compatibility, it would be the best.
If the leaked screenshots are accurate, both devices seem to be very similar regarding specs.
I think the are only two major differences: the screen (IPS LCD vs Super AMOLED) and the battery (3080 vs 3510). The battery is not a big deal for me, and the screen... I don't know. Right now I have IPS LCD and I'm happy (though with higher PPI).
On the other hand, I guess the Moto G5 Plus life span will be longer, as usually the G series have a very broad community behind. Moto Z Play doesn't seem to be so popular, just for the battery duration.
So what do you think? Is it worth it to wait for the G5 Plus, which according to rumors will be released in less than a month? I'm expecting the price to be slightly lower than the Z Play, guess around 350€
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If the leaked screenshots are accurate, both devices seem to be very similar regarding specs.
I think the are only two major differences: the screen (IPS LCD vs Super AMOLED) and the battery (3080 vs 3510). The battery is not a big deal for me, and the screen... I don't know. Right now I have IPS LCD and I'm happy (though with higher PPI).
On the other hand, I guess the Moto G5 Plus life span will be longer, as usually the G series have a very broad community behind. Moto Z Play doesn't seem to be so popular, just for the battery duration.
So what do you think? Is it worth it to wait for the G5 Plus, which according to rumors will be released in less than a month? I'm expecting the price to be slightly lower than the Z Play, guess around 350€
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A wouldn't bother with Motorola anymore o thanks to Lenovo but ur choice
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A wouldn't bother with Motorola anymore o thanks to Lenovo but ur choice
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Ditto! This was my first ever android phone, and I am totally dejected by the build quality and lackluster support.
yzT said:
If the leaked screenshots are accurate, both devices seem to be very similar regarding specs.
I think the are only two major differences: the screen (IPS LCD vs Super AMOLED) and the battery (3080 vs 3510). The battery is not a big deal for me, and the screen... I don't know. Right now I have IPS LCD and I'm happy (though with higher PPI).
On the other hand, I guess the Moto G5 Plus life span will be longer, as usually the G series have a very broad community behind. Moto Z Play doesn't seem to be so popular, just for the battery duration.
So what do you think? Is it worth it to wait for the G5 Plus, which according to rumors will be released in less than a month? I'm expecting the price to be slightly lower than the Z Play, guess around 350€
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The question is: Why are you asking this in the moto g4 plus forum and not in the Z play forum? Z play is available so people there can told you, but here the people cannot?!
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A wouldn't bother with Motorola anymore o thanks to Lenovo but ur choice
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+1
strongst said:
The question is: Why are you asking this in the moto g4 plus forum and not in the Z play forum? Z play is available so people there can told you, but here the people cannot?!
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because the G5 Plus is the evolution of the G4 Plus. It's more expected that someone from the same series (G) move to the newer model instead than someone moving from the flagship series (Z).
to all the others complaining about Motorola, why are you in this section? Go away if you don't like it
wait for the G5
I'd wait for the G5. I'm very happy with my G4 plus, my next phone will definitely be in this series. Unless Motorola implodes....
I bought G4 plus a week ago. It's a great phone. But I think You should go for Nokia series though. I bet the nokia like always will provide more durability than the Chinese. I used 6 Nokia phones before G4 plus, all of them were bomb. Still If you want a better display with slightly better battery life, you should wait.
sstamm said:
I bought G4 plus a week ago. It's a great phone. But I think You should go for Nokia series though. I bet the nokia like always will provide more durability than the Chinese. I used 6 Nokia phones before G4 plus, all of them were bomb. Still If you want a better display with slightly better battery life, you should wait.
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You know that now Nokia is only a name? There will never be Nokia quality like in good old times! It's a smartphone and at the top are letters telling you "Nokia".
It'll be interesting to see how the Nokia 6 (and the rumoured Nokia 8) fare, see if HMD Global/Nokia are back to their former glory. Also remains to be seen if the Moto G5 actually matches up to the rumoured specs too!
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You know that now Nokia is only a name? There will never be Nokia quality like in good old times! It's a smartphone and at the top are letters telling you "Nokia".
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Yeah but the people who worked on the phone are all Nokia veterans. They used to work for Old Nokia. And with the first sell they had in China I think Nokia has the potential to gain back the reputation they lost due to Microsoft. I am not saying you are wrong, This is just my opinion as I used to be A Nokia fanboy.
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Yeah but the people who worked on the phone are all Nokia veterans. They used to work for Old Nokia. And with the first sell they had in China I think Nokia has the potential to gain back the reputation they lost due to Microsoft. I am not saying you are wrong, This is just my opinion as I used to be A Nokia fanboy.
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+1 Nokia fan boy let's hope you're right and Nokia will find back to the old quality
I am a Z Play user so I would recommend it to you, because it has frontal flash, Moto mods, bigger battery and USB Type C. Regarding to custom ROMs, it's not so popular because it was released 3 months ago, but it has lineage OS (camera is in process to be fixed) and surely other ROMs will come out. Every device takes some time to become popular and have custom ROMs, so if you like custom ROMs and are going to wait for G5, you will have to deal with it. Greetings
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I am a Z Play user so I would recommend it to you, because it has frontal flash, Moto mods, bigger battery and USB Type C. Regarding to custom ROMs, it's not so popular because it was released 3 months ago, but it has lineage OS (camera is in process to be fixed) and surely other ROMs will come out. Every device takes some time to become popular and have custom ROMs, so if you like custom ROMs and are going to wait for G5, you will have to deal with it. Greetings
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Do Moto mods work in a non stock ROM?
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Do Moto mods work in a non stock ROM?
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Not yet, but I'm sure they will someday
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Not yet, but I'm sure they will someday
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You need to port libraries etc. It's quite difficult
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You need to port libraries etc. It's quite difficult
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I trust developers, they're very knowledgeable. Developers of Moto Z are working on this too
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Not yet, but I'm sure they will someday
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In my past experience something that requires porting libraries is only supported in stock based Roms and not ones based in AOSP or CAF. ( Kind of like Moto Display)
I hope it does though.
With the mate 10 on the horizon, will you stick with Huawei or a different brand. Could you get a similar spec with a budget Chinese phone like Xiaomi?
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Phablet category will be dead soon since all including mate 10 will go over too 18:9 aspect ratio which means a lot smaller screen area...
blackinfinity said:
Phablet category will be dead soon since all including mate 10 will go over too 18:9 aspect ratio which means a lot smaller screen area...
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We are seeing some big players (Samsung, LG, Google) experimenting with 18:9 (2:1) but it will be down to the consumer i guess if these phones are as popular as previous other aspect ratio models.
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First of, I bought my mate 8 less than a year ago, and have no intention of changing it before 2/3 years. It would be a poor choice of a phone if I felt the need to change it every year.
But if by accident I HAD to change it, I think I would look toward the note note 8 rather than than the mate 10. The plus being stylus and waterproof. And since none of those are things are really must-have, I would most probably look for a cheaper large screen phone. Maybe another used mate 8 or mate 7. Or whatever good occasion I can find.
I mean, I can't really see what the mate 10 would do better.
Battery life ? Haven't seen any real gain for years.
Photo quality ? Some progress, but the mate 8 is more than enough for me.
Raw power ? I don't use it much. Mate 8 has more than enough for years to come.
VR ? It's still not good on a smartphone, mate 8 or otherwise..
What I'm trying ot say is that I'm satisfied by my mate 8. But the question is more "are recent phones bringing anything worth the change ?"
For a few years now, phones makers have been strugling to bring anything new of value to the table. Raw power and screen quality have reached a level where they are already beyond what you need for the use of a smartphone. There has been nothing new in battery for years. Photo quality can still get better, with better low light and/or zoom. But it's far from being enough to motivate a change. And soldity/reliability has been progressing very slowly.
Today, I think I could have a Mate 7 or a mate 10 and barely see the difference in everyday use. Both phone would be smooth, have pretty much the same software (with a few tweaks for the mate 7) same battery life, pretty much same internet speed ... one would take slightly better photo, and that's it.
Both mare 8 and 9 I one of the phones that have aged best. Pocketnow did a video about the 9 recently.
Mate 8 does not feel obsolete at all despite being from 2015
6 inch yes... mate/Huawei no..
nice thread and perfect timing id say, kudos to rhe OP!
after the mate 8 (which i will most likely keep for another year at least, especially since there is nothing interesting on the market atm or in the near future, except maybe the xiaomi mi mix 2), i will not be able to go back to anything smaller than 6 inches. it is just so damn nice to have so much screen real estate! and ive gotten used to the size, everything smaller seems tiny in comparison, whereas my mate 8 just seems "normal" in size
i agree with above posters concerning the 2:1 screen ratio that is becoming more popular lately: the diagonal numbers seem to get larger (i.e. S8+ at 6.2 inches) but the actual screen area is actually identical to the mate 8 with 0.2 inches LESS diagonal screen size! so thats something to keep an eye out for when buying a new phone these days.
looking at the bezels of the mate 8 id say a phone with a 16:9 screen of around 6.4-6.5 inches and sporting razorthin bezels on all four sides would be absolutely perfect in screen/overall size and -to-body-ratio
in retrospect, my mate 8 experience so far (about 17 months ownership) has been quite pleasant! its a great phone, excellent battery life (10h sot on average with a range of 8-12h depending on usage intensity), super solid built (feels like a tank but still very graceful and sexy), awesome screen and lots of real estate on it and last, but not least, fluid stable software.
the only real gripe i have with it is that we are dependant on basically one or two major devs, namely kangvip and hrt team, thats it. otherwise we will be EOL once huawei stops publishing firmware upgrades.
nevertheless, i will keep an eye out for the mate 10 and see what it brings to the table
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YOU BET
In 2010, I started with the Dell Streak 5. Oh the looks I got from people "THAT is your phone?" "What do you need
a screen THAT big". This was in the day that 3.5" was the NORMAL size or a smartphone.
Then, I went with the Samsung Galaxy Note1, then the Mate2, and now the Mate8.
I PREFER the larger screen, mostly because my eyesight isn't what it once was, and, because the larger screen
phones usually have larger batteries.
If they make one with smaller bezels, but not 100% bezel-less, with a 4,000mAH or larger battery, that is about or
a little thicker than the Mate2/8, I'll get one.
My mate 8 still works fine.
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In 2010, I started with the Dell Streak 5. Oh the looks I got from people "THAT is your phone?" "What do you need
a screen THAT big". This was in the day that 3.5" was the NORMAL size or a smartphone.
Then, I went with the Samsung Galaxy Note1, then the Mate2, and now the Mate8.
I PREFER the larger screen, mostly because my eyesight isn't what it once was, and, because the larger screen
phones usually have larger batteries.
If they make one with smaller bezels, but not 100% bezel-less, with a 4,000mAH or larger battery, that is about or
a little thicker than the Mate2/8, I'll get one.
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haha so true! i still remember when the streak came out, it looked HUGE to me nowadays its on the lower half of screen sizes, hahaha. how times change
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kaceps said:
First of, I bought my mate 8 less than a year ago, and have no intention of changing it before 2/3 years. It would be a poor choice of a phone if I felt the need to change it every year.
But if by accident I HAD to change it, I think I would look toward the note note 8 rather than than the mate 10. The plus being stylus and waterproof. And since none of those are things are really must-have, I would most probably look for a cheaper large screen phone. Maybe another used mate 8 or mate 7. Or whatever good occasion I can find.
I mean, I can't really see what the mate 10 would do better.
Battery life ? Haven't seen any real gain for years.
Photo quality ? Some progress, but the mate 8 is more than enough for me.
Raw power ? I don't use it much. Mate 8 has more than enough for years to come.
VR ? It's still not good on a smartphone, mate 8 or otherwise..
What I'm trying ot say is that I'm satisfied by my mate 8. But the question is more "are recent phones bringing anything worth the change ?"
For a few years now, phones makers have been strugling to bring anything new of value to the table. Raw power and screen quality have reached a level where they are already beyond what you need for the use of a smartphone. There has been nothing new in battery for years. Photo quality can still get better, with better low light and/or zoom. But it's far from being enough to motivate a change. And soldity/reliability has been progressing very slowly.
Today, I think I could have a Mate 7 or a mate 10 and barely see the difference in everyday use. Both phone would be smooth, have pretty much the same software (with a few tweaks for the mate 7) same battery life, pretty much same internet speed ... one would take slightly better photo, and that's it.
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Totally agree with this
vervester said:
With the mate 10 on the horizon, will you stick with Huawei or a different brand. Could you get a similar spec with a budget Chinese phone like Xiaomi?
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i don't stick huawei.
i'll buy xiaomi if they release gooe one.
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/dev/null_dd said:
i don't stick huawei.
i'll buy xiaomi if they release gooe one.
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yeah im curious about their upcoming mi mix 2, should be interesting
Speculations about Mate 10.
Kirin 970 chipset, 18:9 6-inch 2160x1080px screen, 3D sensing dual cameras.
http://www.gsmarena.com/due_in_the_...will_have_an_edgetoedge_screen-news-26022.php
6"? Yes.
Huawei? No. The build and quality are fantastic. Though, EMUI still needs a lot of bug fixes.
I didn't realize people cared (so much) about aspect ratio over hardware and software.
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anwedr said:
6"? Yes.
Huawei? No. The build and quality are fantastic. Though, EMUI still needs a lot of bug fixes.
I didn't realize people cared (so much) about aspect ratio over hardware and software.
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we dont i just said its important to consider that with 18:9 screens we actually get less screen area than with 16:9 screens at identical inches.
I think the strategy behind 9:18 is that its different to what the last generation of phones have, it will look a bit different, so seem attractive. We have had super high res screens before for a while (LG G3 etc) but 9:18 is something new. Thing is we keep falling for it :-/
in a perfect world id like something with a similar sized screen to the mate 8, significantly lighter (feels a bit of a tank in the hand if I'm honest) excellent battery life ( 16 SOT) and a camera that could really produce stunning shots in all conditions. Ok, maybe a few years away with all that but the upgrades we now have are pretty marginal and I think the mobile phone companies are clutching at straws in terms of upgrade possibilities with todays technology.
Like most I'm in no rush to upgrade the Mate 8, if rumor is to be believed we will see Android O at some point but I wont hold my breath, having said that, Battery life has took a major hit since upgrading from marshmallow to Nougat.
vervester said:
I think the strategy behind 9:18 is that its different to what the last generation of phones have, it will look a bit different, so seem attractive. We have had super high res screens before for a while (LG G3 etc) but 9:18 is something new. Thing is we keep falling for it :-/
in a perfect world id like something with a similar sized screen to the mate 8, significantly lighter (feels a bit of a tank in the hand if I'm honest) excellent battery life ( 16 SOT) and a camera that could really produce stunning shots in all conditions. Ok, maybe a few years away with all that but the upgrades we now have are pretty marginal and I think the mobile phone companies are clutching at straws in terms of upgrade possibilities with todays technology.
Like most I'm in no rush to upgrade the Mate 8, if rumor is to be believed we will see Android O at some point but I wont hold my breath, having said that, Battery life has took a major hit since upgrading from marshmallow to Nougat.
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mmm yes and no. actually, its our own (the consumer`s) fault: samsung, LG and others did their market research including consumer questioning and the result was this: consumer wants bigger screens but without the hassle of a phone too wide to hold in one hand! solution? easy: make the screens longer but stick to the same width! thus we get 18:9 screens, voila
nice benefit for the manufacturers / for marketing: diagonal size in inches increases by a LOT (i.e. friggin 6.2 inches diagonal on S8+) but screen real estate doesnt increase as much as with 16:9 screens! (again: mate 8 with 6.0 inch screen has same display area as S8+ with "bigger" 6.2 inch screen )
jbmc83 said:
mmm yes and no. actually, its our own (the consumer`s) fault: samsung, LG and others did their market research including consumer questioning and the result was this: consumer wants bigger screens but without the hassle of a phone too wide to hold in one hand! solution? easy: make the screens longer but stick to the same width! thus we get 18:9 screens, viola
nice benefit: diagonal size in inches increases by a LOT (i.e. friggin 6.2 inches diagonal on S8+) but screen real estate doesnt increase as much as with 16:9 screens! (again: mate 8 with 6.0 inch screen has same display area as S8+ with "bigger" 6.2 inch screen )
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That's a fair comment, and I can see why a narrower phone with similar screen size would appeal to some. Also I guess it's a bit more pocketable. Personally tho I like 16:9 but guess I wouldn't rule out something slightly easier in the pocket.
Xiaomi Chiron anyone?
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2017/07/rumor-xiaomi-chiron-flagship-sport-6-inch-189-screen.html
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anwedr said:
6"? Yes.
Huawei? No. The build and quality are fantastic. Though, EMUI still needs a lot of bug fixes.
I didn't realize people cared (so much) about aspect ratio over hardware and software.
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18:9 is the new cancer that we have to live with.. People are stupid they think 6 inches with 18:9 is bigger then on 16:9 for instance..
screeb area is actually less with the same inch size on 18:9.
People still when talking about phone sizes mostly talk about "inches" but you need to know the aspect ratio now also..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp75IDI2GFc
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gavsi said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp75IDI2GFc
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Too bad I can't understand a dang word he says Lol
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Too bad I can't understand a dang word he says Lol
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Haha. I was about to say the same thing. Assuming the life is the same size as the standard u11, the plus is massive - it appears to be the same width and even taller. Despite an increase in screen size, I don't know how i feel about an larger footprint as the u11 is already fairly large. I was under the impression that a bezel-less design would reduce the overall footprint. It does look very premium though!
Bezels look strangely large on U11+ - agree this defeats the purpose of moving the FPR to the back (e.g. bezel-less design).
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Haha. I was about to say the same thing. Assuming the life is the same size as the standard u11, the plus is massive - it appears to be the same width and even taller. Despite an increase in screen size, I don't know how i feel about an larger footprint as the u11 is already fairly large. I was under the impression that a bezel-less design would reduce the overall footprint. It does look very premium though!
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I think the Life is the size of the HTC 10 and the U11+ is 1cm taller than the U11 but the width is the same with a 6in. display.
it's more like a presentation than a review.. I don't like the price. U11+ 899 CHF. The U Life 349 CHF price seems good.
any one see new edge launcher in this 2 new device ?? i see a picture that apk file for install but i cant find hre in any place.....
The U11+ will be mine asap !
I wish it was available along with the U11, I'd have chosen it instead, I miss too much my former One Max and its 5.9" screen...
That said, my U11 is already perfect, just 0.4 or 0.5" too small
Where can I preorder it?? And when?
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Where can I preorder it?? And when?
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I dont know about preorders but we should be able to buy it at least in the uk starting on the 20th of this month!
Any word on availability in India? Not sure if I should get this phone or wait for the next generation considering they'll be launched in three or four months.
Hi I'm just wondering that why do people like stock android so much? specially here in the oneplus forums...
Wouldn't it be nice to have like cool little animations & features like on samsung/xiamo/apple phones? This is something I can not understand people not wanting...
Legit considering turning my op 8 pro for a lower specced iphone, samsung or xiaomi device just for some nicer looking ui(+ extra bloatware)...lol am I alone in this boat?
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Hi I'm just wondering that why do people like stock android so much? specially here in the oneplus forums...
Wouldn't it be nice to have like cool little animations & features like on samsung/xiamo/apple phones? This is something I can not understand people not wanting...
Legit considering turning my op 8 pro for a lower specced iphone, samsung or xiaomi device just for some nicer looking ui(+ extra bloatware)...lol am I alone in this boat?
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You are, i hate xiaomis cheap chineese iOS look
Stock android looks nicer than the terrible skins companies are preinstalling their device with
regular android is so plain and simple though? Ugh maybe I'm just a different breed
RootedSGS said:
regular android is so plain and simple though? Ugh maybe I'm just a different breed
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Thats what i loke about regular android, how simple it is, i do not like complex animations and such